hardmick33
Dark Match Winner
First I'd like to provide some background. I'm 28 and I have been a WWE fan since I was 5. Today, I find myself not nearly as enthralled with the product as I have been in the past. Although I feel it's getting much better than it has been since Austin and Rock left, I still feel there is much improvement that needs to be made. Many in the IWC blame this trend on the PG rating of the shows and many blame the John Cena "superhero" status, and to a point I agree. We don't see the crazy things we did during the Attitude Era and at times I do miss it, but a very short segment on RAW tonight made me jump on the bandwagon and made me appreciate what is happening.
Did anyone see the backstage segment with Hatton, his son and Cena? It honestly gave me chills. That kid was so incredibly happy. Do you remember being that young and the heroes you had in wrestling? Whether it be Hogan, Warrior, Savage, Bret, Shawn, on and on and on... I saw the excitement in that kid's face when he got to meet his in ring hero and I couldn't help but think how cool it would have been to meet Hogan when I was his age. Back then it didn't matter to me that he was made out to be an "immortal". It didn't matter that other hard working and very deserving heels were not given the title reigns that they absolutely deserved. I wanted Hogan to win, and every time it happened I cheered.
We've all become so selfish in what we want out of wrestling, and to a point it makes complete sense. We've seen the Attitude Era, we know what can be done in the ring and the crazy/enjoyable things that can happen. However, if it were always like that we would have missed out on some of the greatest days in wrestling. What if Hogan had to lose his title to Dibiase or Piper? Would he have had that same "Immortal" feel to him had this happened? Children see this product differently and it seems to me like the WWE would be much more likely to try to make them happy being that they are not critical of every little move that is made.
What I'm trying to say is that maybe it's time to take a step back and enjoy wrestling for what we used to enjoy it for. We didn't care about someone losing and "looking weak" for the next show. It's just a fun show to watch and maybe children are the only ones left that really understand that.
Then again maybe I'm just being a naive crazy person, but I know from now on I'll be much happier watching wrestling all week, remembering what made me like it in the first place.
Did anyone see the backstage segment with Hatton, his son and Cena? It honestly gave me chills. That kid was so incredibly happy. Do you remember being that young and the heroes you had in wrestling? Whether it be Hogan, Warrior, Savage, Bret, Shawn, on and on and on... I saw the excitement in that kid's face when he got to meet his in ring hero and I couldn't help but think how cool it would have been to meet Hogan when I was his age. Back then it didn't matter to me that he was made out to be an "immortal". It didn't matter that other hard working and very deserving heels were not given the title reigns that they absolutely deserved. I wanted Hogan to win, and every time it happened I cheered.
We've all become so selfish in what we want out of wrestling, and to a point it makes complete sense. We've seen the Attitude Era, we know what can be done in the ring and the crazy/enjoyable things that can happen. However, if it were always like that we would have missed out on some of the greatest days in wrestling. What if Hogan had to lose his title to Dibiase or Piper? Would he have had that same "Immortal" feel to him had this happened? Children see this product differently and it seems to me like the WWE would be much more likely to try to make them happy being that they are not critical of every little move that is made.
What I'm trying to say is that maybe it's time to take a step back and enjoy wrestling for what we used to enjoy it for. We didn't care about someone losing and "looking weak" for the next show. It's just a fun show to watch and maybe children are the only ones left that really understand that.
Then again maybe I'm just being a naive crazy person, but I know from now on I'll be much happier watching wrestling all week, remembering what made me like it in the first place.